St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-03
rrne and Homes, woman.

To the Editor of the Globe.
Having reached ST. Paul from my home in
Richmond, Va, about a week ago. never
saw GLOBE until last Sunday. when my at
tention was called to its Aims in Life de-
partment by the talk of Il few of my friends
ut our dinner. All of them are like myself
young women of good family and refined
manners. Four of the seven at our boarding
house are from the South-two and | from
Virginia, the other from Florida The remain
ing three come, believe, from New Jersey
and New York Our principal topic was the
..school marin and her letter. Not having
read it l am unable to tell, save by guessing,
the secret of its writer's popularity with the
male aspirants for her hand in marriage.
| Being young lady, only 22, doubtless lay
myself open to the charge of Jealousy. but in
| spite of any such imputation l am going to
| state plainly that believe the 'schoolmarm''
| TO be other than what she seems. l wish,
| also, to take advantage of your offer to make
| known my aspirations, and, in short, to con-
| test the palm with the favorite. 1t is very
| hard for me to understand how it happened
| that she, in t;is land of the West. where the
men outnumoer vastly the women,
could not secure husband without
| seeking him through the columns of
| u news paper. 1t seems to me that if she is
worthy her honorable affections would have
| been sought before this. In our part of the
world it is different mean in Virginia, where
| T have been q telegraph girl for five years.
|
| cessantly was barrier to my matrimonial
| prospects. Because l happened to be the
! remnant of q once influential and highly con-
| nected family, and dared to face the social
| ostracism that follows a departure from the
| aristocratic life led by the young ladies of my
| station soon became of little Importance to
the only class of men whose attentions could
| find agreeable. The choice was left to asso-
| ciate with the uneducated and gross or to
pine away hopeless spinster. Providence,
L. La, nrInt md hats Inf boil
| not be my fate The chvarous tone of the re-
| niles to the"school marm' gives me new hope
| that in the West shall find the suitors that
never found at home. With this honest, up
| right, womanly feeling in my heart and wish
| ing success to the school marin, If she is what
| her admirers believe her to be, L ask
some of them to hearken for a mo-
| ment to the plea l make to their
| laudable wishes for a true, affectionate wife.
Were it not that I.feel treasured by the earnest
advice of the editor not to trife in sending in
these communications would hesitate before
committing my sentiments in writing, lest
some thoughtless youth might take advantage
of my open. frank nature, and reply just for
the sake of amusing myself. The admontion
| so aptly given at the head of the column in
| Sundays paper will, trust, prevent any such
| ungallant conduct. AS have already stated,
! am nothing but telegraph girl" Now, l
| was always considered beautiful when a
| child, and can often, through my bushes,
hear the unsought compliments to my face
and figure that fly from mouth to mouth when
| ever crowd of men happen to see me seated
at my desk manipulating the telegraph in
strument for $40 month. This is a humiIat-
| ing confession to make, but it is made in
| confidence, knowing my name will not be re-
vealed. "She is daisy" "she is darling, -
etc., are the comments that too often
| shock my ears. To me this adua-
ton is distressing, because it does not
come in the proper spirit. Such cndearing
| salutations from true lover or husband
! given in manly sincerity, would make my
heart leap Cor joy. am blonde, with long